That is the middle of 7,513 standard sales recorded by HM Land Registry from September 2023 to August 2026, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. The typical home sells for 5.4 times as much as in 1995. Below: what each type of home sells for, the spread of prices, every year since 1995, new builds, the busiest streets and the neighbours. Rents and council tax are on Cost of living.
A third of Southampton’s sales are flats and maisonettes
7,513 homes sold in three years: 1,064 detached houses, 1,976 semi-detached houses, 1,984 terraced houses and 2,489 flats and maisonettes. A detached house sells for 2.3 times what a flat does.
Detached houses£375K
median sale · 1,064 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£310K–£485K
Last 12 months
£385K307 sold
Semi-detached houses£304K
median sale · 1,976 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£265K–£355K
Last 12 months
£300K609 sold
Terraced houses£260K
median sale · 1,984 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£237K–£290K
Last 12 months
£260K623 sold
New build
£350K
Flats and maisonettes£163K
median sale · 2,489 sold in 3 years
Middle half
£130K–£200K
Last 12 months
£162K717 sold
New build
£196K
The mix
A mixed market: no one type makes up more than 33% of sales
Detached houses14%
Semi-detached houses26%
Terraced houses26%
Flats and maisonettes33%
Standard sales, Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. A median needs 5 sales of a type; “middle half” is the 25th to 75th percentile of 10 or more.
Price range
Half of Southampton’s homes sold for between £190K and £320K
One sale in ten was under £135K and one in ten over £402K. 45% sold for under £250K.
Sales by price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
The median, £260,000, sits in the £250–300K band
7,513 standard sales. Each bar is the number sold in that price band; the darker bar holds the median.
Since 1995
The typical home costs 5.4 times as much as in 1995, in step with England
Land Registry has recorded every sale since 1995. The median went from £48,500 in 1995 to £260,000 in the last 12 months (£219,000 in 2019).
31 years of sales
Fewer homes sell than in most years
2,256 sales in the last 12 months, against 6,010 in 2002, the busiest year, and 2,483 in 2010. Sales fell by 53% from 2007 to 2009 in the financial crisis, and the median by 9%. 2021, the stamp duty holiday, saw 42% more sales than 2020.
Homes soldMedian sale price
Against England
Southampton costs less than England as a whole
Median sale price each calendar year: Southampton, every standard sale in England, and the typical UK town (the middle of the town medians, towns of 2,500 or more).
By type
Semi-detached houses rose the most since 1995
1995
2000
2005
2010
2015
2020
Last 12 months
Detached houses
£71K
£125K
£213K
£228K
£270K
£335K
£385K
Semi-detached houses
£54K
£88K
£165K
£183K
£210K
£260K
£300K
Terraced houses
£47K
£76K
£143K
£153K
£180K
£219K
£260K
Flats and maisonettes
£36K
£60K
£126K
£128K
£142K
£156K
£162K
Calendar years; a year’s median needs 5 sales of the type, so gaps are years with fewer.
Prices are as paid, not adjusted for inflation. Standard (category A) sales only; Land Registry adds a sale when it is registered, so the newest months fill in later.
New builds
Hardly any new homes: 0.3% of sales in the last 12 months
9,948 new homes have been sold in Southampton since 1995; the share peaked at 14% in 2018.
New-build share of sales
Calendar years with 10 or more sales, then the last 12 months.
New builds and tenure · 3 years
A new home sold for a median £255,000
against £260,000 for a home sold on, about the same, over three years. New homes are often a different mix from the homes sold on, so part of the gap is size and type.
39% of sales were leasehold
Nearly every flat in England and Wales is leasehold; among houses, 8.3% sold leasehold in Southampton. A leasehold buyer owns the home for a fixed term and may pay ground rent and service charges; check the lease before you buy.
Streets
Meridian Way is Southampton’s busiest street, with 59 sales in three years
548 streets had five or more sales from Sep 2023 to Aug 2026, 195 of them ten or more. A busy street is often a new estate selling its first homes, or a long road of terraces and flats.
#
Street
Postcode area
Sales
Median
Homes
1
Meridian Way
SO14
59
£225,000
Mostly flats
2
John Thornycroft Road
SO19
55
£192,500
Mostly flats
3
Winchester Road
SO16
51
£220,000
Mixed
4
Hill Lane
SO15
49
£162,000
Mostly flats
5
Oakley Road
SO16
47
£151,000
Mostly flats
6
Spring Road
SO19
44
£254,750
Mixed
7
Westwood Road
SO17
43
£210,000
Mostly flats
8
Portsmouth Road
SO19
39
£287,000
Mixed
9
Winn Road
SO17
39
£236,500
Mostly flats
10
Regents Park Road
SO15
39
£175,000
Mostly flats
11
Butts Road
SO19
37
£263,500
Mixed
12
Archers Road
SO15
35
£200,000
Mostly flats
13
Hinkler Road
SO19
34
£245,500
Mixed
14
Canute Road
SO14
34
£175,000
Mostly flats
15
Bursledon Road
SO19
33
£260,000
Mixed
Dearest streets
Brookvale Road: £1,150,000
Southampton median£260K
Brookvale Road£1.2M
Blenheim Avenue£740K
Bassett Green Drive£655K
Shirley Avenue£643K
Bassett Crescent East£608K
Cheapest streets
Beech Avenue: £66,500
Southampton median£260K
Beech Avenue£67K
Keel Road£68K
Mersham Gardens£72K
Anglesea Terrace£85K
River View Road£88K
Among streets with five or more sales; the dearest street’s median is 17.3 times the cheapest’s. Street medians mix types: a street of detached houses beats one of flats.
Standard sales with a street name, grouped by street and postcode district (Sep 2023 to Aug 2026); a name used in two districts shows the district. Medians only: we don’t list individual sales.
Across Hampshire
Southampton is the 76th most expensive of 77 towns in Hampshire
Southampton is one of Hampshire’s cheapest towns to buy in; the typical UK town’s median is £277,000.
Median: standard sales over three years (10+ needed). Since 2016: the median over three years against 2016’s. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about property prices in Southampton
What is the average house price in Southampton?
The median home in Southampton sold for £260,000 from September 2023 to August 2026, across 7,513 standard sales (£260,000 in the last 12 months). By type: detached houses £375,000, semi-detached houses £304,000, terraced houses £260,000 and flats and maisonettes £163,000.
Are house prices going up in Southampton?
The median was £260,000 in 2025, about the same on 2024 (£260,000), and £260,000 in the last 12 months. A town’s median moves with the mix of homes sold each year as well as with prices.
How many homes sell in Southampton each year?
2,256 standard sales were recorded in the last 12 months, against an average of 3,218 a year since 2015. Repossessions, company purchases and other non-standard sales aren’t counted.
What are the most expensive streets in Southampton?
Among streets with five or more sales in three years: Brookvale Road (SO17, £1,150,000), Blenheim Avenue (SO17, £740,000) and Bassett Green Drive (SO16, £655,000).
How much does a new build cost in Southampton?
New homes sold for a median £255,000 over three years, against £260,000 for homes sold on. New builds were 1.6% of sales.
Is Southampton expensive for Hampshire?
Southampton is the 76th most expensive of 77 towns of 2,500 or more in Hampshire by median sale price.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid, every standard sale since January 1995 (yearly files of 28 September 2026), inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary by postcode (ONS Postcode Directory) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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